Agency moves to close budget gap.
RTA General Manager & CEO Joe Calabrese talks with WTAM's Ken Robinson.
(Cleveland) - Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority administrators are announcing two actions to help close a $5.2 million deficit in the 2009 operating budget.
* A 25-cent (per ride) fare increase on Tuesday, Sept. 1, will generate an estimated $1.5 million this year.
* A service reduction that begins Sunday, Sept. 20, will save RTA an estimated $1.6 million this year, and more than $6 million annually in future years.
The reduction includes the elimination of all 12 Community Circulator routes, and modifications to 12-15 other low-ridership big-bus routes.
CEO and General Manager Joe Calabrese says the actions will help balance the 2009 budget, which now faces a deficit of $5.2 million.
Calabrese explains the recession has caused sales tax revenues to fall by $18 million dollars, and the state has reduced public transit funding by 33%.
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